8 July 2013

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CHILDREN’S author Geraldine Durrant, who handles the Town Council’s PR, will be putting on her Pirate hat for a reading at the West Street library at 11am on 13 July.

Her third book, Pirate Gran and the Monsters, is one of the stories which has been chosen to feature in this year’s UK-wide Summer Reading Scheme which encourages children to keep up their reading during the long school holiday.

Using the umbrella title Creepy House, this summer’s stories have all been chosen for being a bit scary – but not so frightening they can’t be read before bedtime, laughed Geraldine.

“One than a million children take part in the reading scheme each year, so I am delighted to be part of it. Encouraging children to enjoy books is one of the most important things parents can do, and I am looking forward to meeting some of East Grinstead’s little readers at the library’s launch event.”

Pirate Gran and the Monsters is also being adapted for the stage, with the first two books in the Pirate Gran series, as part of an Arts Council project which will tour the UK next year.

“Scamp Theatre specialise in adapting children’s literature for the stage, so I am thrilled they have chosen Pirate Gran for their next production,” said Geraldine, whose next book, Two Bad Grans, will be published in September.